make-ls 0.2.0

Makefile language server

make-ls

make-ls is a Makefile language server written in Python.

It is still early, but it is already useful for real Makefiles. The server uses an owned line-based Make parser and checks recipe shell syntax with bash -n.

What it does

• hover for targets and variables
• hover for common GNU Make directives, functions, builtin variables, and special targets
• go-to-definition for targets and variables
• diagnostics for Makefile syntax
• diagnostics for shell syntax inside recipes
• same-workspace target lookup across Makefile, makefile, GNUmakefile, and *.mk

What it does not do yet

• full GNU Make evaluation
• include-aware workspace resolution
• completion, rename, references, or code actions

Run it

uv sync --all-groups
uv run make-ls

Any editor that can start a stdio LSP can use it.

Neovim

vim.lsp.config("make-ls", {
  cmd = { "uv", "run", "--directory", "/path/to/make-ls", "make-ls" },
  filetypes = { "make" },
  root_markers = { "Makefile", "makefile", "GNUmakefile", ".git" },
})

vim.lsp.enable("make-ls")

Development

make check
make test
make build

Release

Stable releases from .github/workflows/releases.yml publish GitHub assets and upload the tagged distribution to PyPI with trusted publishing. Configure PyPI to trust .github/workflows/releases.yml and, if you keep it, the pypi environment.